Article
Investigation of the differences in the local protein environments surrounding tyrosine radicals YZ. and YD. in photosystem II using wild-type and the D2-Tyr160Phe mutant of Synechocystis 6803.
Biochemistry - 6 Feb 1996
Tang X S, Zheng M, Chisholm D A, Dismukes G C, Diner B A
Abstract excerpt
The reaction center of photosystem II (PSII) of the oxygenic photosynthetic electron transport chain contains two redox-active tyrosines, Tyr160 (YD) of the D2 polypeptide and Tyr161 (YZ) of the D1 polypeptide, each of which may be oxidized by the primary electron donor, P680+. Spectroscopic char...
Topics
- Cyanobacteria
- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
- Free Radicals
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Mutation
- Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
- Photosystem II Protein Complex
- Tyrosine